U Aung Thaung passes away in Singapore

U Aung Thaung, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) MP and senior party strategist, who was receiving medical treatment in Singapore for a cerebral haemorrhage, passed away this morning in a hospital in Singapore, a party official told Mizzima on condition of anonymity.
“His body will be brought back [to Myanmar] today. The body will be placed in his home in Yangon. I do not know the date his body will be cremated,” said the USDP official. “ They have arranged to bring back the body to Yangon. We came to know about it this morning.”
U Aung Thaung,was the Lower House MP of Taungtha Township. He collapsed at his home in Nay Pyi Taw on 8 July and was rushed to hospital in the capital. But given his critical condition, he was flown to Singapore on 9 July for medical treatment.